Does Chairman status help with room choice when booking at WKORV

[Don Springett]

I have Chairman status and am thinking of buying another unit at WKORV in the aftermarket. I am thinking that view category owned and date stamp are the main determination of priority on room location requests…i.e. high floor on an ocean front. Would having chairman status help?

 

[LahainaMoon]

Chairman status is likely no help on room assignment. At WKOR and WKORN timestamp is king.

 

[DavidnRobin]

No. Timestamp rules. Buy OF resale if you want OF.

 

[Eric B]

Doesn't booking via VSN StarOptions show whether it's OF or not? Couldn't you just book OF if that's what you want, assuming it's available?

 

[dioxide45]

Outside of some extenuating circumstances, the view you own or book would always be the view you are assigned. That would never be in question. You certainly aren't going to be upgraded from a resort view to an oceanfront because of Chairman's status, timestamp or anything else. As to the actual unit you are assigned within the view, timestamps seems to rule.

 

[Don Springett]

Thanks everyone! One other question, if you buy a resale and are already a chairman, does the resale inventory show up like the rest of your inventory or is show up differently. In other words, would I enjoy Chairman benefits to the resale or do they have a way of seperating it out?

 

[Eric B]

I believe the answer is no, but where you could go with it depends on what it is. If it is a resale mandatory VSN resort like WKORV, the week would be enrolled in VSN and not in Abound, so would not benefit from your Chairman's Club status unless you purchase additional Vistana VOIs retail in order to reauthorize the week (costs a minimum spend of $10K for the first week plus $5K for additional weeks). For the resale mandatory VSN week, there would be an additional VSN fee on top of your Chairman's Club dues. If it is a resale non-mandatory VSN resort it wouldn't be enrolled in either VSN or Abound unless and until it is reauthorized similar to a mandatory week but there would be no fee on top of the maintenance fees. If it is a Marriott week, there would be a different process to enroll it in Abound but it would cost more. If it is a collection of Marriott Points, you would have to pay the additional fees to Marriott to enroll them and they would benefit from your Chairman's Club status.

 

[Don Springett]

I believe the answer is no, but where you could go with it depends on what it is. If it is a resale mandatory VSN resort like WKORV, the week would be enrolled in VSN and not in Abound, so would not benefit from your Chairman's Club status unless you purchase additional Vistana VOIs retail in order to reauthorize the week (costs a minimum spend of $10K for the first week plus $5K for additional weeks). For the resale mandatory VSN week, there would be an additional VSN fee on top of your Chairman's Club dues. If it is a resale non-mandatory VSN resort it wouldn't be enrolled in either VSN or Abound unless and until it is reauthorized similar to a mandatory week but there would be no fee on top of the maintenance fees. If it is a Marriott week, there would be a different process to enroll it in Abound but it would cost more. If it is a collection of Marriott Points, you would have to pay the additional fees to Marriott to enroll them and they would benefit from your Chairman's Club status.

Thank you! Just to clarify, all of our ownerships are at Westin’s and are 5 star elites in the Vistana program.

 

[DeniseM]

Just so you know, "5 Star Elite," no longer exists - your status is now described in Marriott terms.

 

[Eric B]

Thank you! Just to clarify, all of our ownerships are at Westin’s and are 5 star elites in the Vistana program.

Ok. The result would still be dependent on what resale you would be buying and whether it is a “formerly Vistana” product.